US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Cc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 375: Digestive malignancy with cc

$38,524typical hospital bill
$12,072typical amount paid
$8,156–$15,912range paid across 6 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,524 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Rex HospitalRaleigh13$30,501$8,156
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Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville18$38,644$9,129
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The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro12$24,249$11,171
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Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville18$38,485$12,972
$30,883$13,750$5,187–$17,846 · 4 plans
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte11$56,110$13,680
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Duke University HospitalDurham21$38,562$15,912
$9,059$11,625$5,076–$18,333 · 9 plans
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington––––$15,193$10,644–$20,976 · 13 plans

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.